Though I’ve sometimes experienced insomnia, the sleep disorder on the other end of the spectrum, narcolepsy, is foreign, though intriguing, to me. I recently came across a new study that sheds some light on the cause of the disorder.
Narcolepsy affects about one in 2,000 people, and researchers are coming closer to understanding this disease characterized by daytime drowsiness, irregular sleep at night and a sudden loss of muscle tone and strength.
According to researchers at Stanford, Narcolepsy is an auto-immune disease.
The new study was published online at Nature Genetics.
The researchers discovered that a specific variation of a gene belonging to T …read more

I’m trying a bit of a different style for Saturday Sanity. Let me know what you think!

First up, let me refresh your memory regarding some of the more interesting things that went on at Mental Health Notes this week: The Lolcats paid us a visit, Boston Legal made me proud, the folks opposing the postpartum depression legislation confused me, I offered fellow American Idol Michael Johns fans some help, and, oh yeah, Mental Health Notes wants to know why you ROCK!

Next in line, I have a couple of Saturday Sanity-worthy Web sites to share with you sent in by MHN …read more